Summary of Hard Ash: Sparsity and the Right Optimizer Make a Continual Learner, by Santtu Keskinen
Hard ASH: Sparsity and the right optimizer make a continual learner
by Santtu Keskinen
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper proposes an innovative approach to incremental learning in neural networks, addressing the issue of catastrophic forgetting. The authors develop a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) with a sparse activation function and adaptive learning rate optimizer, demonstrating its effectiveness in the Split-MNIST task. The key finding is the impact of the Adaptive SwisH (ASH) activation function, which outperforms established regularization techniques. Building upon this success, the authors introduce Hard ASH to further improve learning retention. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, scientists developed a way for neural networks to remember what they learned earlier. This is important because usually, these networks forget old information when they learn new things. The team created a special kind of neural network with an “activation function” that helps it remember better. They tested it on a specific task and found that it worked well. To make it even better, they came up with a new version called Hard ASH. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network » Regularization
